Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-13
IIARTE.

HAKlE.
Come over here. l like this corner O
the porch best. It's coolest here, and
like TO see the vast brown hulk Of tn,
peak yonder Just over the foothills. lool
at the Old fellow! Harte. Twas twelve
Yes, thirteen years ago. Harte's hail
wasn't white then, and those red fiber,
weren Z IN his cheeks, either. You though,
him SO handsome yesterday. and he is
too. Well, when l first knew Harts he
was handsomer. but that something WASH,
in his face. Handsome, and clever,
too. n gay. open handed, open hearted fel
low, with plenty Of good parts.
The old colonel only half liked him.
though, from the first, Harte and he were
too different. l guess your like in diff
ference doesn't work in those cases. You
see, the old mans solid. sturdy integrity
found something repuGnant TO it in Harte's
volatile brilliantness. But he never said
anything when he saw how surely Ada s
heart set on II. A stern old man. and
self asserting; but he let his girl rule
him like wax. IL wasn't so with the
mother when she WAS alive, and it seemed.
some way, as though he tried to make
atonement for holding his will too
straight with the dead wife by bending
every way To the daughter.
say no never said anything in opposi-
ton TO Harte-but II happened that he
learned Of little pisce Of business Of
Hartes that was even cloudier than he
had Thought Tor, l guess. Nothing at all
d"sperate-one n those evidences OF moral
suppieness we call veniA in . man like
Harte dor fellows m that sort, You know,
the len commandments seem written on
hoiets OF rubpe!-they can twist them
INTO such astonishing shapes and never
crack letter,
You can guess how that would appear
70 the colonel, though, as ruggedly. mas
siVeiy upright as that peak The thought
that ms dear girls life WAS to he sacrificed
70 s"ch mask WAS more than even the
oia man c"uid Dear. lie used 70 look
oo"h III her sometimes Win such mourn
iui' soienih eyes, ana once II overcame his
resolution ana ne spoke MS full mind u
her. Inc giri had plenty u Will of her
own; there was q scene between them be
lore II S.s over with. and the upshot OF It
was that she and harte were married
within Week
ihey came out here on their wedding
trlp. harte mad q little money, and l
suppose wahted 10 gel her away from the
coionei IN the hrst place Tor Hartes 8 intel
iect was TOO subtle not 10 feel the un-
spoken contempt the old man cherished
tor MN
she was . beautiful girl, one OF the
sweetest little women that ever lived. A
httle petuiant and willful, and perhaps as
Tar spoiled as such nature could be, but
good enough still for any man to worship.
And harte did worship her. He had no
eye, nor ear, nor tongue Tor anything but
just her. The mountains and glsns were
only shadowy backgrounds TO him.
They went everywhere about here. They
used to take lunch and drive away to
some park or Lake high up In the hills, and
stay there all day, climbing u all sorts of
rocky places, FOR she was venturesome,
and never content until they had toiled up
10 some crazy, dizzy lookout
The place he liked best, though, and
where they oftenest went, was the falls up
he canyon here-you know the place where
ne stream leaps over the smooth edge OF
ne GIN and dashes square against the lace
'f the rock below 1t doesn't look Large,
)ut II rushes down there tremendously.
She and Harte and l strolled out there
me alternoon-such another perfect AFTER
loon as tnls' doh kno" why, perhaps
,ecause had known them all 30 long. out
ne talh turned on her iatnei, ana harte
walked little apart, out IN nearing sui,
Shiie she ana talked OF MIN VI course,
knew oi his opposition 70 their marriage.
lnd She spoke freely 70 me OF tnat, and
eelingly, too. She SAID II grieSed her 70
vas very happy, ana couid not nave CHOSEN
'therwise; very, very nappy, sne saao, Out
'ometlmes II seemed hAll slnitu 70 nef 10
e SO nappy ana coh1en.ed, ~hen her tathei
vas SO unhappy over II. But ne VIII ieel
inherent ny ana oy, she SAID orlsntenlhg,
vhen ne KNOWS hafte Detter. one ssid
hartes lace had httie clouded, ana
no went from my side 70 ms, taxing ms
Iand In both hers and looking up INTO MS
ace as we walked along, a.! OF US In
Iuieter mood than usual Little was said
.fter that, and the cloud went from
iartes face IN lew moments. think
We were all three as serenely happy as
'erple ever are, and when we reached the
,end IN the road, just beyond which was
he Tails, Ada half stopped and raised her
ace To Harte; he stopped and Kissed her
can never forget that Thought al that |
moment If there ever were Two fully |
lappy beings these were they
Just then We came In slgnt OF the talis.
he stream had swollen over night, ana II
vas roaring grahdiy, the spray nying Mgh
pom The elm. Ada cihpped her hanos
nj ran ahead as impetuoas ss child;
mere Is snafp ASCENT, Sou Aho", 3hu
hen little decline 70 the stream pahk
move the lal. ADA, running Ahea"' nad
lsapIeared on the other slue OF the rlage
eiore harte anu 1 came u IT, we
lampered up more ieisureiy, ana "heh
se gained the neisnt Ada was p~iow, On
ne prlhk Oh 'he 'orreh'' peerihs oo"h
nto 'he ioah-
har'e called 10 her not 70 staho SO
lear' she turned anu made httie saucy
riiiace' we my sarus away anu on .he
lslaut sprdnS lor perllouS craG, guttlnH